Authors : Osman Elmakki

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 12 - December

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25dec948

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Abstract : This research critically assesses the widespread effects of rent-seeking activity on the Sudanese oil industry and their consequences for economic development and inequality. Through the use of an existing body of literature and comparison between Sudan and other oil-exporting countries, the issue of how the concentration of oil dollars among the Sudanese political elite has created deep-rooted inequality and hindered sustainable economic development is analyzed. This research finds that the Sudanese economy's heavy reliance on the oil industry has created a rentier state that is characterized by corruption, nepotism, and the poor allocation of economic resources. This, in the end, results in the relegation of other sectors of the economy, including agriculture, education, and healthcare, and, hence, the continued economic stagnation of the country. In the attempt to break the deeply rooted rent-seeking behavior, the research submits that there is a need for sustainable economic transformation on the pillars of institutional building, good governance, and economic diversification.

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